A Field Guide to Recent Work on the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics.

By Roman Frigg. 2008

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This is an extensive review of recent work on the foundations of statistical mechanics. Subject matters discussed include: interpretation of probability, typicality, recurrence, reversibility, ergodicity, mixing, coarse graining, past hypothesis, reductionism, phase average, thermodynamic limit, interventionism, entropy.

Subfields: Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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In Condensed Matter Physics

1. Carl Hoefer
2. Roman Frigg

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• Determinism and Chance from a Humean Perspective (2010, background): “18 For a detailed discussion of statistical mechanics see Uffink (2006) and Frigg (2008a).”